The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-03
JACKSONVILLE.
SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
The Hamiiton-Jonss wedding Comp piimentsrs Con.
cert Regatta Sub Tropical Exposition
-knights OF Labor Assembly,

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will be the marriage of Mr.. l.. f. Hamil
ton, of Atlanta, Ga, to- Miss Mamie l.
Jones, of this city. The ceremony take,
place Tomorrow, Tuesday evening, a
the Newman street Presbyterian Church
the pastor, Rev. w. III. Dodge, officiat
ing. An elegant reception will be ten
dered the newly welded couple at the
residence of Mr.. X. III. Jones, brother oi
the bride.
Miss Jones is the daughter of Col. \
NJ. Jones, of this city, and is universally
| held in the highest esteem as young
| lady of many admirable traits of mind
and character. She has been promi
nent figure in Jacksonville high social
! circles.
| Mr.. Hamilton is well-known in this
| city and throughout the State, having
for seven years been connected with Mr..
j. NJ. Lee in the management of his sew
eral Florida hotels. He is justly regard
| ell as a gentleman of fine business attain
ments and high social worth. Mr.. Hamil-
ton is now engaged in business in At
lanta, where they will reside in the
future
COMPLIMENTARY CONCERT.
Another social event of the week, and
one for which society is looking forward
to with anticipatiOns of real hearty en-
jOyment is the concert "Wednesday even
ing, given in honor and complimentary
to Misses Lena Jones and Rosina Patter-
son, two popular sOng-birds of the city.
The most elaborate preparation have
been made for the affair and it promises
to be- a great musical treat The high
est talent of the city, both vocal and in
strumental, have kindly volunteered to
take parts in the Entertainment. Both
Miss Jones and Miss Patison possess
voices of marvellous tone and sweetness
and. having been trained in the best vo-
cal institutions of the eastern cities since
their appearance here, their many friends
and admirers here are on the tip-toe of
eagerness to hear them. They will be-
ably assisted by Miss Florence Det;arcia
Keep, a lady whose rendition of some
of the highest and most difficult passages
in the standard operas of the day, has al
ready won her just fame and applause.
A glance at the box sheet gives assurance
that "Wednesday nights concert will be-
largely attended.
THE JACKSONvLLE-RIvERS REGATTA.
Preparations are already actively GO
ing on here for the annual regatta of the
Jacksonville and Riverside Yacht Clubs,
which always interesting event takes
place on the 12th inst. Yachts from the
st. Augustine. Fernandina, Brunswick.
Port Royal and Savannah Clubs are ex-
pected to enter.
DISTORTED THE FIGURES.
All during the past season the T-U.
which often boasts of 1.-THE enemies it has
made" has been labOring hard to
bolster up its hasty and injurious
statement that the tourist business to
Florida has greatly fallen off in compari-
son to former seasons. To clinch, as it
this highly detrimental and
gratuitous injury to Florida and vindi
cate itself, it published in Sundays issue
an alleged carefully collected and tabu-
lated comparative statement of the ar
rivals at the various leading hotels
the State, for the two last
Life is too short to go into detail and
argue with such a wicked and perverse
journal, but just to illustrate the utter
of its figures and account
ing, will ..call attention to the fact that
it has entirely omitted the registers of
a number of the leading hotels in
the State. Notably among these 1 notice
the Magnolia at st. Augustine, the Brock
House at Enterprise, the Tropical House
at Kissimmee and the Ocala House at
Ocala. What is ITS comparative state
ment worth:
A HEALTHY CITY.
The health and sanitary condition of |
at present, is something to |
he proud of. were it not for the fact that |
is always healthy The |
Diortuary report for the month Just |
closed shows only fourteen deaths |
showing for a city of 10000 |
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR STATE ASSEMBLY.
The Grand State Assembly of the |
of Labor assembled at Mechan-
les Hall, this afternoon. The attend |
ance from the various sub-assemblies |
the State was fair. w. T. /
of this city, was chosen presi-
lent. The organization of the State As
sembly was perfected by the election of
I. j. Mott, of this city, "a the Most
Grand Master, after which rou-
tine business was transacted
The mechanics lien law and other mat
ters affecting the interests of the work
ing man now before the Legislature. |
were discussed and resolutions respect
ing the same were passed Another ses-
sion was held tonight. at Bowden's Hall.
I.aVilla, at which various standing com
mittees and much other routine business /
was transacted
THE SUB-TRoPICAL EXPOSITION
The directors of the Sub-Tropical Ex-
position held a meeting this afternoon at |
the Board of Trade rooms at which va /
rious standing committees reported 1
much progress in perfecting ways and /
means for putting the work on a sure 1
Subscriptions to the capital stock are
in rapidly. Several eligible sites 4
for the building have been offered. 4
Hotels and transport alton companies /
have responded literally and all the /
prospects for a grand exposition are
most fiattering.
ASSIGNMENT.
w. NJ Dallam. doing a wholesale |
grain. hay and feed business made an as /
signment to-day to A. Solary. The LA |
bilities are prabably 5000; assets NOM